The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 12, 1916, Page 4

Today they have dropped to $180,000, after well known men had said that the price was too high, and proved it | and pay the owners what the jury gives them? can get a fair deal. interests of Bremerton that there should be no undue heckling and bargaining with Uncle Sam, and that he should be above suspecting anything like another “duck pond” postoffice deal yard, is playing square with Bremerton. Let the realty men of that city do likewise Uncle Sam, Bartender Seward, Alaska this booze, but the law also permits them to destroy fellow as Uncle Sam to become a bartender, especially in a Jerritory which recently voted to put booze out of business? | phe beat double of President Wi ‘ md Hughes ail Ras Resets Ftrse S222 2te : The Seattle Star Entered at Seattia Ween. 1 econ class matior By mail, out of city, ome year, 68.00; & m Aho per month up te # mos By carrier, etty, » MORE THAN 60,000 COPIES SOLD DAILY thes Does It Solve the Problem? Under the direction of the health commissioner of Chicago a “diet squad” of 12 men and women were trying to solve the “high cost of living” problem by cutting the cost of food to about eight cents a meal or 25 cents a day. If the experiment is a complete success, does it solve the problem? Suppose that every man and woman in the United States cut the cost of living to 25 cents a day, what would be the result? Over in China, the natives live on an average of eight or nine cents a day. A bowl of rice and a few vegetables are the diet. There are no stronger men than the Chinese coolies. They have solved the problem of cheap food. But have they solved the cost of living problem? Not so you could notice it! The Chinese coolies are in the most abject poverty. So are the natives of India, where the cost of living—that is, the money cost—is as low as in China, The truth is that depression in the money price of food simply results in depression in the WAGE SCALE, The Chinese coolie lives on a few cents a day—AND HE GETS A FEW CENTS A DAY WAGES. If American workmen cut down the money price of their food to 25 cents a day, their wage would be depressed accordingly. Labor unions, min- imum wage laws, and organized effort might help to keep it from being de- pressed equally—some groups of wage earners would benefit—but on the average the wage would be depressed. ; . As a general law, the wage will tend to fall to the point at which labor will consent to exist and produce. The reason the Chicago diet squad is cutting the cost of living, IS BE- CAUSE THEY ARE AN ISOLATED GROUP. Because it costs most of us many times 25 cents a day to live, the Chicago diet squad has an advan- tage. If EVERYBODY lived on 25 cents, the diet squad would be no better off than anybody else. 3 It is not the MONEY cost of food, but the LABOR cost that is im- portant. If 25 cents a day would buy all the food and clothing and shelter that a family needs, it would be as good as FIVE DOLLARS. The purchasing power of a day’s labor is the important thing. ‘i Stunts to cut the cost of food are only valuable SO LONG AS A MI- NORITY OF THE PEOPLE PRACTICE THEM. If everybody practices them, their value is lost. Do we want to learn how to live on less food and cheaper food? Or do we want all the food we want? Do we want to go on a bread-line, bread-ticket, or Chinese coolie scale of living? Or do we want to get the full value of our labor? T appears the government navy yard needs more land at Bremerton. All right Local land holders started their price at about $250,000. Even now well informed men are in dispute as to the Value of the land. Why not condemn the land in the courts} COL VU In that manner the government, as well as the owners, |) Daylight Uncle Sam, planning $2,000,000 improvements at the N December 15, the United States government plans t sell 4,000 bottles of contraband whisky and beer at Of course, are federal authorities have the right to sell t Isn't it a bit below the dignity of such a fine, upstanding son is a man nar When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; | Denver postoffice inspector when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it: this is knowledge.—Confucius. MATRIMONY Is long enough to woo. This is the last week i t bill. Initiative Measure No. 28. Do it now. For cag divorce to sue they announce. Is any one surprised? ieastistadieien $40,000 bar butchered up by dry squadders Music for -. Christmas PRICES MARKED DOWN Now $44.80 By combining our wholesale and retail business under one roof we are easily able to give you double the value obtainable in the high-rent retail district. Added to this big advan- tage, we are just now selling out a big wholesale stock for one of the leading piano factories in Amertca, and the easy monthly payment plan suits every pocketbook. Mayor Gill saw “Naughty to take a ing a ch perior to nature's method DID YOU KNOW THAT— Rubbing the face all over face? eee for raising eggplant. oe NOT BY L. E. DARWIN State Fish Commissioner | You can't drown a goldfish you can't give him too much Ser. cee periments finds it more eff You can now sectire guaran- Pile te Al tt up, teed Pianos at this extraordinary 4 80 special sale for as little as $118, . and others in mahogany and Spectal with 24 finest fumed oaks for only $137 and telections | This unex: $176. We are actu Pole cha dade NN ty equal to anything Player Pianos for $296. for $100 price. Don't forget our talking machine values—greatest in Seat- tle. No nonsense—no frills—just giving greater values than can be found elsewhere WAAK-KILLEN PIANO CO. 1623 THIRD AVENUE and 217 STEWART STREET Store Faces on Two Streets. Open Evenings During Sale DID YOU KNow— The fisheries departr j yard? In celebra nm arranged church is t has be The 300. STAR—TUESDAY, DEC ereeventsaeaei ts tesatty: | Satageergereerssatsy: | A Novel A Week duagggaagetengergangeestereeeretnetegeey Publtched Dany * “DAWN O'HARA” By EONA FERBER Geeeaaaaaasasataaage. | stnaaaaedanasineaastissmasnssnsaaaiany (Continued From Our Last Iasue) | ness, fresh shouting reached | ®eeched an anxious voice The boatman turned « glance tn whistled again |. “I guess I'd better swim for a he observed complacently You quitter!” She was doing something swiftly | jand mysteriously ‘ond later the en- | you house-breaker!” cried triumphantly |“Much obliged,” he remarked A shot sounded, but it went wide. The boatman took a knife from his pocket and cut thegrope from which |the skiff tratied tn “We can't tow deadwood and ex pect to get away—not In this tub, explained the boafman who wat on the made no comment. How would she get back now? “He's gaining,” observed the boat “Will you take a chance & mean channel** Miss Chalmers looked over her | shoulder and saw that they were rapidly approaching land You're running stralg if I don't hit tt oO 3 4 @) > 3 5° a. @ 5S Wn 9 3. [MY FRIEND, PLeAS@ It was very nar make two islands where the casual If we don't pile ourselves up this remarked the If we do hit ifepreserver |steersman genially anything you'll find a lay you three to one they don’t follow us.” > | She did not take the bet too intent upon wa that rushed by almost within reach ching the roc I sald it would be a pretty clever Here we are open water again. Witherbee’s Island : whether she was eorry or pleased when Witherbeo stepped into the hall and called second time No charge this time,” the boatman. “Yes, mother,” answered a voice “Rosalind is here.” The boat was under way under ay again. Bring down the after-the-fact,” There was a quick step in the CHAPTER IV. Questions—and a Clue Dawn touched the eyes of Mins) | Chalmers and awakened her | up briskly and surveyed the tn terior of the boat-house, with bewilderment, then with quick | nderstanding. hed for her grip it, took out a arose from her canvas couch he ran swiftly rushed out upon the porch perfunctorily. thinking of clues. THEY'RE SHORTER Not only that, but it will probably be safer for the best} qi president's message trade toaned Tourist rates to N. W. “ said the lady of the) Humphrey's term of office @ Skirts to the wharf, se faltered Mise Chalmers what a curious two minutes son wanta tt ously myself.” May I see it? Jarm, returned to the trunk asked Mins Chal lid and locked ft again e gazed more sadly than curi-| Mrs. Witherbe unless in some und covered tomb in Egypt down on a very | wonder if there are regular ones the scales of trade. brought fifty dollar Miss Chalmers it was a thing be. Six minutes, says shrewd Mr. Wax An hour passed sa heavy crunching on the voice of Only two women in the which to sign the nonpartisan | But then, it may be even less aoe 7 " The owner of the Cectl cafe The three retiring councilmen will run for re-election, |[gavidge. Why not? It would | make any one wild to have ones was upon her Rosalind Chalr opened the ton Jand your trunks seem to make a came into posstssion o! becca,” at the Moore, but refused box seat He wasn't tak nee at missing anything America for jarm, and started up the wharf. You say the burglar dropped | AT LEAST THAT'S HOW IT AP. PEARS TO THE CUSTOMER A Seattle restaurant man has in vented a machine that is much su |greeted her new guest with open| had opened the window,” ‘TRY THIS FOR A COLD--IT'S FINE Cold : Compound” soap isn't any more economi al} Ends Severe Colds or Grippe than rubbing the soap all over the splitting peas. His machine makes @ much thinner spilt and saves the splits, He finds the splits saved from 607 peas is equal to 2% peas. * 68 few others came straggling down {Chalmers had neve to be the gentleman of the droop ing mustache of the night b i After breakfast Mra. Witherbee | ‘ jand Rosalind repaired to the rose| + | garden, and {t was there that Miss | _ in Few Hours You can end grippe and break up severe cold either in head, chest taking a dose of Very few farmers use a nest egg a body o bs, by ly or limbs, jother island was introduced as Mr. Witherbee had | night before (already told the guest Davidson re-| nostrils and passages in the Wi | head, stops nasty discharge or nose| by her husband) galed them with the tale of his own feverishness, sore throat, soreness and stiffness. stay stuffed-up! Quit blow A Detroit genius, after many ex-| gnes nt to} arry the coal to the furnace than | jearrying the furnace over to coal|throbbing had entered his house, but had se cured nothing of known listened to this recital else In| with |the world gives such prompt relief|the part which told of the pursuit | Pape's Cold Compound,” which| and escape of the 2 y drug | motor-boat It acts without assistance, | h approached | Washington hasn't one case on rec nd touched his cap, | ord of where a pet dogfish left ite) Yenlence: bowl to go out and dig holes in the Mr, Witherbe you @get the the new one x Witherbee, | the devil now?” ‘or All Complexion Ills }) “isn't [Fo A Geno TO DEDICATE CHURCH ‘4 How.| to do something for your own pro- |! ion of the dedication of the new chapel of St. Clement's |; |parish on December 24, at 2 jave. and Kast Fir st, a program |lasting over a period of two weeks }| ke ours, for instance.” “Burglar-alarm!" It iiteraliy. takes | causing no inconventen | mine spoiled th of this wax,| been willl ever since worst complex ike cold cream gift of Mrs. Mary E. Evans in memory ber husband, It will seat about Advertisement, “him back if it wasn't for the fact He'R THE POLITICIAN THAT STARTED THOSH ELEVENTH HOUR [ CAMPA! uss that I'm getting good reports about him. Witherbee, be's actually mak ing good! Had a letter from Hast was aings & Hatch only this morning. He'll be a they tell m thought that?” ar banker some day, Would you have ever CHAPTER V New Slants Making fast his craft, the boat. |! | Man stepp 1 ashore, and followed & harrow path on either side by underbrush and small trees The path ended at a cabin. He then struck a match and lighted the wick of a lantern that stood on a table in the center of the single room, The cabin was clean, plain, and cheerless, There was a cot in one corner, @ small fron stove, a shelf with a few cooking utensils, and | stuff, but we acct ‘HURTS NOT SERIOUS “Maybe there's a half-way joint | his dock.” The Frank A, Munsey Co ST SSSTTET STS TSTeOOOOMMMMR ST SSS TTT Essie) “Hello, Sam!” he said |langhed until that article of fur- Anything come?’ asked the/niture creaked. boatman abruptly " «seat CHAPTER VI. For answer the man fn the apron | More. Excitement ing a folded yellow| Tom and his sister, Polly Daw- */son and Mr. Morton were playing for it quickly and ran bis finger|tennis; Fortescue Jones ai ithe # under the flap of the envelope Perkins young man were smoking “Ginger ale,” he said briefly,| clesrets, and the two Winter girls oe . ‘| were knitting WEDONY We Nee ae Down at the wharf, Rosalind sat The bearer of the message went! ana idly watched a small power back to the barroom to fill the) boat that stood a mile off the is order. land, evidently irresolute as to 16 boatman drank his ginger | destinatic It was not until » hastily, threw a quarter on the/ finally laid an unmistakable cour began a ne finally prod envelope. The boatman reache table, and went out lfor the Witherbee place that he Sam made bis way directly to the! interest was awakened wharf where he had moored bis; When the boat reached the land- launch, stepped aboard and made/ing, one of the two men who ov- ready to cast off Then he be-|cupled it lifted bis cap and in- thought himself of his engine. quired if it was Mr. Witherbee’s ede oll, T guess.” island. Being assured that it was, Forward under the half-deck he|the men fastened their craft, |kept a gallon can. Now he got| stepped out, and went up the path upon his hands and knees and| toward the house. crawled part way into the dark| Half an hour later they returned, hole, groping ahead of him as he|Mr, Witherbee with them. All went three were talking volubly. One Then, as he was ®acking from|of the strangers held a paper in | his cramped quarters, a scraping | his band. sound attracted his attention. An-| (Continued in Our Next Issue) other launch had touched the whart NEW JOURNALISM | boatman Something impelled th to remain quietly where ‘tae| HEAD AT U. PICKED the bottom of his craft Perbape se it was the guarded note in the voice of a man who was talking. Colvin V. Dyment was named “I knew it wouldn't do any g00d| Monday as the new administrative to go out tonight,” sald the voice. | head of the University of Washing- You're dead sure Washington's | ton journalism department, to take not just guessing about this?” Ob-| charge Feb. 1, when Lee White, re ed a second speaker. signed, lea They've got to do @ certain| For the last three years he has amount of guessing, of course,” | headed the journalism school said the other Hut the thing's |the University of Oregon. cipbering down to this part of the He takes the place of Frank G, river. We know mighty well that) Kane, who resigned to become a Canada isn't beginning to use, not| member of the Packard Motor Car by half, the diamonds that have|company's staff of advertising been shipped in from Antwerp.| writers, and who was succeeded They're getting across the line, to|/by White as acting head of the acertainty, There was a bunch of | department. stuff got into New York last week,| Dyment is a graduate of the Unk }and the m brought it had a jand the man who brough’ ad 4) versity of Toronto, class of 1900, railroad ticket that read fromt/and has been in newspaper work Clayton, We're still holding the | for 13 years. an’t prove anything out ber “You mean on one of the islands?! Injuries received by Mrs. P. C, |I've had that in mind. That's one! webb, 1128 23rd ave, in an auto | reason I hired the boat. We'll do| accident. Sunday night have not & little sightseeing tomorrow and | proven serious, W. W. Kearns, 402 | get some new bearings.” 20th ave. N., sald Tuesday. She The talkers were on the little | was the only person bruised when wharf now. two jitney busses bumped into each “Well, I'm tired,” said one. | other. “Let's Ko on up to bed. right to leave the boat here, Is It’s all) —___ oo “That's what the man said. It's Sam lay motionless until they were gone, then cautiously rose to his knees. From a smal! locker at his hand he took a copy of Hamersly’s “So-| cial Register’ and tore out a fly 2 leaf. A stub of lead-pencil ap- The prompt and positive action of peared from one of his pockets. /enis simple, inexpensive home-made Using the book as ® desk, the boat-|remedy in ‘quickly healing the in- man began to write. flamed or swollen membranes of t throat, chest or bronchial tubes ai When he had come to the end |treaking up tight coughs, has one chair. of his sheet of paper he stopped ed 1t to be used In more homes He went to the cot, where he/ writing, and climbed back to 4 ame cough, Femeny stretched himself on the gray|where the second launch lay. ence, chest soreness goes, phiej blankets and lay staring up at the roof-boards for many minutes. » use; I'm too curious,” he muttered, rising. “I'm going up to Clayton. It might happen to have come in.” He blew out the light and walked from cabin, making bis way bac > where the launch was moored t Clayton he sought a small ire wharf, to which he made #t the launch. His town wound an irr thru back streets, mself at a small, ighted frame building that served the double purpose of hotel and saloon He entered by a side door, took 4 seat at a table In a dingy corner of a back room and rapped smartly with his knuckles on the pine top. A man appeared thru a swinging xeursion cular purse and A Nervous Wreck at 46—A Miracle of Strength -and Vitality at 50—Taking Iron Did It Miss | Doctor says Nuxated Iron is greatest of all strength builders—Often increases the strength and endurance of del- icate, nervous folks 200 per cent. in two weeks’ time. After that Tom Witherbee joined the group and t night alarm was sp ordinary nuxated two weeks, Th » for yourself how time «imply by And this after they must take iron in nd Imilated nuxated tron ft ma » knew has gone down to Inglorious defeat simply for the slar-alarm | jack of iron.—-K. Sauer, M. D. fs not a patent medicine mor secret remedy, hut one which — | Known, to drugeiata and whose iron constituents are presoribed by eminent f \ flden strength 200 a man came to me s tha row In or well you owe It to 1 can walk without on in the proper form endurance and filled his b went Into the affray, while many another There was a canvas cover that |loosens, breathing becomes easier, fitted neatly over the engine. He|tickling in throat, stops and you ou t food night's restful e! stepped into the cockpit, lifted one |The “tsual’ throat’ and chest colds side of the canvas and thrust his conquered by it in 24 hours or Nothing better for bronchitis, note underneath it ‘whoopin, It was late when the dingy n oF winter cou a launch rested once more in the ie ae : Pig ee ounces of Pinex ( rock-bound cave and the boatman |* ; Into @ pint bottic and walked up to his cabin. the bottle with plain granulate@ Entering the cabin and closing |sugsr syrup and shake thoroughly. You a full pint—e fami the door behind him, he drew the teach better’ Goan chair up to the table, fished the) you could buy ready- Social Register out of his pocket, 82.t0. ‘Keeps perfectly and began another absorbed study |#",, children ft Re pleasant taste, of the C's, centrated compound genul “That's some family, believe oe eS henge age wa me, Cc era |Kuaiacol and is known the worl me,” he grinned at the Chalmers |S¥0"{0. {tw promptness, ease and pare. Ah! Lady Rosalind They |certainty in overcoming stubborme don't tell ages in this Do do | cx and chest colds. they? are avoid at ppointm t ask your he} ruggist for ounces of Pinex™ The boatman bethought himself} with full directions, and don't # of the telegram stowed away in his |cept anything else, Guaranteed pocket. Now he examined it again. |EIC*, ony’ refunded. The Pinex Go, i omptly refunded. The Pinex He back in his chair and Wayne. Ind. ed to enable your Without it food any 2 ‘and sickly le . soll deficient See how long grain tab 1 ten to fourteen « heen doctor: y benefit. But iron acetate or w cents. You be absorbed t of great with fron they have no serious organte ; take any man strength and e © in ten ime. mt is a incre their tn this city by Owl Drug Cc me, provided — macy and all other druggist ' Bartell Drug Co, Swift's Phage